Tabulating-machine.



H. E. GOLDBERG. TABULATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 111111.19. 1911`1,119,010, Patented 116011914.

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TABULATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. X9, 1911.

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H. E. GOLDBBRG. TABULATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.19, 1911.

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HYMN '.ELI GOLDABERG, 0F CHICAGG, ILLINQIS, ASSGNOB. .T0 GOLDBERGCALCULATING Q MACHINE COMANY, OZ? CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Continuation in partgof application Serial No. 568,561, iledmay 26,@ills application filed August Tio aZZ whom .it may concern."

Beit known that I, HYMAN ELI GUninsured,l a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat Figure 1 represents an l delevation 0f ai typewriterof theRemington style andFig. 2 a front elevation of the saine. Fig. 3represents a det-ail of themechanism. Fig. l

is: a back elevation of a typewriter of the Remington style as used withmy machine.

Mounted on the framework 1 of the typewriter-is the carriage 2, whichnormally is given a tendency to move tothe left (as viewed from thefront of the machine) by means of theftape-ll attached thereto, which isplaced under tension by the ordinary springlbarrel v10.- rllhe keysofthe typewriter are of course present, but as they are not par-t of myinvention they are omitted-from l the drawings for the greaterc'larityof the illustrations.

The spacing lever 3, ooerating the platen 4 of the typewriter, ismounted in the usualmanner. ,'Ifhe ,tabulator bar 5 is placed at theback of theoanriage, to which it is rigidly fastened, and is operated inconjunction with the tabulator. rods 6 in ordervto stop the carriage atany desired place. These tabulator rod'sG are operated by the tabula#tor keys 7 ands'the intermediate links 8. Themechanismis old andtherefore will not be further described.l

Mounted upon the framework -1 is a tube lin Which there Works a piston11 and piston rod. 12: Thispiston rod is connected to an arm 42 rigidlymounted in the spacing Alever 3 above mentioned.A At the opposite -sideof tube 1'1 is the cock 13. This piston and piston rod are operated bymeans of compressed air in the well known manner, as., foiinstance, themanner used in the Main pneumatic carriage return described in Pat-Serial No. Mes.

rent No. 892,'Q6S. This pneumatic return also being old will not befurther described.

' Mounted on the shaft 20, which has bearings fin-theframeivork of thetypewriter, are

a seniesqfarmsZ, onefor each of the tabu- 'lator-fkeys 7. These arms arerigidlyfastenedto-.the shaft so that when atabulator key: 1sdepitessedtit rocks the shaft about its center, putting force into the spring 2T.Arm 22 isfvfastened to `the shaft and operates the link 23,iqlgidchingtunn operates the cock 13, above 4riieniiuned. fhus the depression ofa tabulator key 'results in the rotation of the ,rod 2Q' and this bymeans of the link 23 epeiisthe cock, 13.,A admitting the co1n pressedair-tooperate upon the piston 11. 'his thereupon-moves to the right andby means of the piston rod 12 forces the carriage of :the typewriterback to the right and .simultaneously feeds paper upward since :thefonce applied to said carriage byVA the piston rod 12 acts onthe arm 42rigid. in

the spacing lever 3. The carriage moves as far as it can, that is, untilit is stopped by the contact of the carriage tabulator stop 9, which isinserted in one of ,the notches of the tabulator b ar strikingv againstthe tabulator rod 6 which has been protruded by the motion. of thetabulator key 7. As long as key 7 is kept depressed the carriage remainsinthe saine place. ,Upon the removal of the n-ger from the tabulator keythe carriage is caught and held in the same place that it was brought toby the coinpressed air.

The-method of tabulating acolumn of figpres is as follows: After anumber has been printed by the figure keys of the typewriter and a unitsfigure .type\vrit'ten, the proper tabulator key for locating the firstfigure of the succeeding' number will be Dressed. The

the carriage for the next number, and so on.

This mechanism differs from the ordinary tahulator mechanism in the factthat While an ordinary tabulator allows the carriage to inove to theleft and stops it at the desired place, the right and stops it at theproper ptlace. But in order that this mechanism may not interfere withthe ordinar use of the tabulator, it is. modified as fo lows: A lever 30is mounted upon'an arm 31, which is rigidly connected to arm 22, abovedescribed. Arms 31 and 22 form one piece, which rotates loosely upon theshaft 20, andarm 32 is rigidly attached to shaft and so located that itis able to act upon the end 33 of the lever when the latterV is in theposition illustrated in Fig. l. The depression of a tabulator keytherefore rocks the shaft 20, which by means o" arm operating upon arm81, rocks the lever 30 and operates as above described. But should thehandle 35 of the lever 30 be pulled forward it will serve to disconnectarm 32 and lever 30 and the operation of any of the .tabulator keys willnow have no effect upon the pneumatic mechanism and the carriage willtherefore move to the left in the ordinary manner.

Thus the same set of tabulator keys may be used to locate the carriageof the typewriter allowing it to move to the left in the ordinary'manner when the handle 35 is pulled forward, orinoving the carriage tothe right when the handle 25 is in the position illustrated in Fig. l.

As far as I am aware, I am the first to construct a typewriter, thecarriage of which can have the normal motion to the left for the letterspace advance thereof and also have an additional power mechanism toreturnA the carriage to the right, in connection with a tabulator stopadjustable upon the carriage whereby the carriage may be located in anydesired position.

I' am aware that. mechanism has' previously been constructed whereby thecarriage of a typewriter might be fed either l to the right or to theleft; but, as far as I know, the return of a carriage to the right andthe location thereof at the desired pouse of at least two motions of theoperator,-rone for the determination of the exact l point of stopping,the other for the connection of the power mechanism to feed the carriageto the right. In my mechanism the stop is made adjustable, permittingthe carriage to be located at any required position, and the mechanismfor the returning of the carriage is also set once only and thereafterrequires no extra manipulation in order to bring it into operation. Theone touch of a proper tabulator key simultane ously brings this powermechanism into operation and protrudes the proper tabulator rod to stopthe carriage at a desired point.

`ittention is here directedto the fact that the carriage tabulator 9 canbe vinserted in any one of the notches of said tabulator bar.

The tabulator stop is therefore adjustable this mechanism drives thecarriage to unimportant of long plates they need not be in any such form.and can be varied considerably without departing from the spirit of theinvention. The illustrations have'shown a typewriter of the Remingtonstyle, wherein the typewriter basket is stationary while the papersupport moves. Of course, in the book typewriters it is the typewriterbasket that moves while the paper is stationary. This necessarilycompels a change "of the coperating portions and the normal letter spaceadvance of what is now the carriage, that is, the type basket, is to theright and the return, of course, is 'to the' left,-ji1st in the oppositedirections from the ones previously described. By the feeding of thecarriage I therefore understand the normal motion of the moving partduring the typewriting of the words and by the return of the carriage Imean whether the feeding motion be to the right or to 'the left.

I. claim:

the opposite direction, it being 1. In a typewriter, a carriage tendingnormally to advance, means for returning the" carriage in the oppositedirection, a tabulator stop mounted upon the typewriter,` a set oftabulator rodsy to cooperate with said tabulator stop, a set oftabulator keys one for each ofsaid tabulator rods, anda handle capableof being set in two positions and operative when in one position toconnect the tabulator keys with the carriage returning means and in theother position to disconnect the tabulator keys from the returningmeans.

2. In a typewriter. a carriage, means for returning the Acarriage to theright, means for stopping the carriage at any predeter- 4 mined place,and connecting means which may be located in either of two positions,l

and operative in one position to make a connectlon between the stoppingmeans and Areturning means and not so operative when placed in the otherposition.

A3. In a typewriter, a carriage, means for returning the `carriage tothe right, tabulating means including a series of tahulator keys, theoperation of any of which determines the place at ywhich the carriagewill he'stopped, a handle, capable of being placed in either of twopositions, and which is operative while in one positionto connectthetabulator keys with the returning means and 'which in the other positionisnot so operative.

4. In a typewriter, a carriage, a cylinder for compressed air for,returning said carriage to the right, a cock for admitting thecompressed air into the cylinder, a series of tabulator keys, the'depression of any of 'which serves to stop Vthe carriage at .a place iursov

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advance or its return; and connecting means which may be locatedineither of two positions, and which is operative in one position to makea connection between the stopping mechanism and the returning means, and

'not so operative when placed in the other position.'

6. In a typewriter za carriage tending normally to advance; means forreturning the carriage in the opposite direction; a tabulator stopmounted upon the. typewriter; tabulating means to cooperate with saidtabuiator stop; and a handle capable of being set in two positions, andwhich is operative when in one position to connect the tabulating meanswith the carriage returning means, and when in the other position todisconnect the tabulating means from the returning means.

4'i'. In a typewriter; a carriage tending normally to advance; acylinder for air at a pressure dierent than the atmosphere, said airserving to return said carriage; a cock opening the cylinder to theworking air; a series of tabulator keysthe depression of any of whichserves to stop the carriage at a place dependent'upon the value of thedepressed key; a body operable by each of said keys; and a connectionbetween the body and the cock, said connection being placeable in eitherof two positions, in one of which it serves as a connection between thebody and the cock, and in the other of which it does not so serve.

, 8. a typewriter: a carriage tending noally to advance; a cylinder. forair at a pressure diiierent than the atmosphere,

said air serving to return said carriage; a

cock opening the cylinder to the "working pair; tabulating means, theoperation of which serves to stop the carriage at a place determined bythe tabulating means; a body espias er e.'

turning the carriage; tabulating mechanism independent of the rintingmechanism; and a switch determiningwhen in one position said tabulatingmechanism shall control the carriage-advancing means and when iii theother position said tabulating mechanism shall control thecarriage-returning means. A Y

10. In a printing tabulating machine, the combination of: a. set ofprinting keys; avset of tabulating keys; means for advancing the A,

carriage; means for returning the carriage; and a switch determiningwhen in one position that said tabulating keys shall control thecarriage-advancing means and when in the other position that saidtabuiating keys shall control the carriage-returning means.

1L In a printing tabulating machine, the combination of: printingmechanism ;`papcr feeding means; tabulating mechanism; and manual meansindependent of said printing mechanism operative on both the tabulatingmechanism 'and the papenfeeding means.

l2. In a printing tabulating machine, the

combination of: papier-feeding means tabulating mechanism; printingkeys; and a set of tabulating keys operative on both the tabulatingmechanism. and the paper-feedu ing means.

13. In a printing tabulating machine9 thev combination of: paper-feedingmechanism; means for advancing the carriage; means for returning thecarriage; printing keys' and a tabulating mechanism independento saidprinting keys operative on said means 14. In a'printing tabulatingmachine, the

combination of: a set of printing keys; .a set of tabulating keys; meansfor advancing the carriage; means for returning the carriage; andpaper-feeding mechanism; said tabulating keys being operative both onsaid carriage-returning means and said paperfeeding mechanism.

15. In a printing tabulating machine, the

combination of: a set of printing keys; a set. of tabulating keys; meansfor advancing thej carriage; pneumatic means for returning the carriage;and paper-feeding mechanism; said tabulating keys being operative bothon said carriage-returning means and said paper-feeding mechanism.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two witnesses.

HYMN ELI GOLDBERG.

e for xive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of '.Peten'ts,

Washington, Il. C.

